József Hámori

{{Short description|Hungarian biologist and politician (1932–2021)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = József Hámori

| image = Hámori József.JPG

| caption = Image: László Horváth

| order = Minister of Culture

| term_start = 8 July 1998

| term_end = 31 December 1999

| president =

| predecessor = office created

| successor = Zoltán Rockenbauer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|3|20}}

| birth_place = Fegyvernek, Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|5|1|1932|3|20|df=y}}

| death_place =

| profession = biologist, politician

| party = Independent

| spouse = Anna Tompa

| children = 4

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|thesis1_title=A kisagykéreg ultrastruktúrája

|thesis1_year=1965

|thesis1_url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1081847357

|thesis2_title=Líthium hatás vizsgálata Rana esculenta buroktalan és burokban levő petéin

|thesis2_year={{circa}} 1960

|thesis2_url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1108251850

}}

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{{eastern name order|Hámori József}}

József Hámori (20 March 1932 – 1 May 2021) was a Hungarian biologist and politician, who served as Minister of Culture between 1998 and 1999. He was a member of the Batthyány Society of Professors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bla.hu/professzorok/tagok.php|title=Professzorok Batthyány Köre - Tagjaink|date=2 February 2012|publisher=bla.hu|language=Hungarian|accessdate=1 April 2012|archive-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416105344/http://www.bla.hu/professzorok/tagok.php|url-status=dead}}

Publications

=Books=

  • Mi a neurobiológia? (1976)
  • Idegsejttől a gondolatig (1982)
  • Nem tudja a jobbkéz, mit csinál a bal (1985)
  • Veszélyeztetett értelem (1988)
  • Az emberi agy aszimmetriái (1999)
  • Agy, hit, számítógép (co-author, 2004)

=Scientific works=

  • The Inductive Role of Presynaptic Axons in the Development of Postsynaptic Spines (Brain Res., 1973)
  • Specific Antibody-fragments Against the Postsynaptic Web (Nature, co-author, 1973)
  • Triadic Synaptic Arrangements and Their Possible Significance in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Monkey (Brain Res., co-author, 1974)
  • Presynaptic Dendrites and Perikarya in Deafferented Cerebellar Cortex (Procl. National Academy of Science, co-author, 1982)
  • Immunogold Electron Microscopic Demonstration of Glutamate and GABA in Normal and Deafferented Cerebellar Cortex: Correlation Between Transmitter Content and Synaptic Vesicle Size (Journal of Histochem. and Cytochem., co-author, 1990)
  • Metabotrop Glutamate Receptor Type 1a Expressing Unipolar Brush Cells in the Cerebellar Cortex of Different Species: a Comparative Quantitative Study (Journal of Neuroscientific Research, co-author, 1999)
  • Az emberi agy plaszticitása (Magyar Tudomány, 2005)

Honours and awards

  • 1972 Academy Prize{{Cite web|title=Academy of Europe: Hámori József|url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/H%C3%A1mori_J%C3%B3zsef|access-date=2021-09-28|website=www.ae-info.org}}
  • 1990 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1994 Széchenyi Prize
  • 1996 Grastyán Prize
  • 1999 UNESCO Einstein Gold Medal
  • 2001 Ipolyi Arnold Prize

References

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